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Division and case type: CivilCivil Appeal
IN THE COURT OF APPEAL AT NAIROBI (Coram: Kneller, Hancox JJA & Nyarangi Ag JA ) CIVIL APPEAL NO. 64 OF 1984 Between KENYA CARGO HANDLING SERVICES LIMITED.................APPELLANT AND DAVID UGWWANG................................................................RESPONDENT (Appeal from the High Court at Mombasa, Bhandari J)
Division and case type: CivilCivil Appeal
IN THE COURT OF APPEAL AT NAIROBI (Coram: Hancox JA, Chesoni & Platt Ag JJA) CIVIL APPEAL NO 34 OF 1982 KEMFRO AFRICA LIMITED T/A “MERU EXPRESS SERVICES (1976)” & ANOTHER …………….…..…………….APPLICANT VERSUS OLIVE LUBIA & ANOTHER ………….....…..RESPONDENT RULING When this appeal was called on for hearing, Mr Kwach, appearing on behalf of the two respondents, took the preliminary objection that the mandatory provisions of Rule 85 (1) (f) of rules of this court had not been complied with, in that none o
Division and case type: CivilCivil Appeal
children would be an important factor in giving rise to a presumption of marriage, it is not a must in order to give rise to it. As far as the evidence of Mary Njoki herself was concerned she spoke in great detail about her early association and life with the deceased, about their three places of residence in Pumwani, Langata and Lavington where they lived together, about the two houses which the deceased bought in partnership, one of them from the National Housing Corporation, about the amount
Division and case type: CivilCivil Appeal
United India Insurance Co Ltd Kenindia Insurance Co Ltd & Oriental Fire & General Insurance Co Ltd v East African Underwriters (Kenya) Ltd Court of Appeal, at Nairobi January 17, 1985 Madan, Kneller & Hancox JJA Civil Appeal No 36 of 1983 (Appeal from the High Court at Nairobi, Platt J, ) Cases Commonwealth & C. 191 The Fehmarn [1957] 1 Lloyds Law Reports 551 Eleftheria [1969 Lloyds Law Reports 237 The Chaparral [1972 2 Lloyds Law Reports 315 Universal Ltd.
Division and case type: CivilCivil Appeal
IN THE COURT OF APPEAL AT NAIROBI (Coram: Madan, Hancox & Kneller JJA CIVIL APPEAL NO. 56 OF 1981 BETWEEN CHARLES OLOO..................................................APPELLANT AND KENYA POSTS & TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION.................................................RESPONDENT (Appeal from the High Court at Nairobi, Nyarangi J)
Division and case type: CivilCivil Appeal
On 19th January, 1983, in the presence of all the parties and their advocates, the trial judge made an order by which the dispute was referred to District Officer, Nyeri for arbitration with the help of four elders, two each side, the award to be filed in court within 120 days. The appeal is against the judgment entered on 9th August, 1983, in terms of the award, on the grounds set out in the memorandum of appeal.
Division and case type: CivilCivil Appeal
REPUBLIC OF KENYA IN THE HIGH COURT OF KENYA AT KAKAMEGA CIVIL APPEAL 14 OF 81 CLEMENT WAMUNYAMA………………………………………….APPLICANT AND WAFULA NABIRIKI…………………..……………………………RESPONDENT (Application for extension of time to file an intended appeal from the Judgment and decree of the High Court of Kenya at Kakamega (Gicheru, J) dated December 24, 1982 In Civil Appeal 14 of 1981) __________________ JUDGMENT OF KNELLER, JA Clement Wamunyama (Wamunyana) asks for the time in which to file his record of appeal to
Division and case type: CivilCivil Appeal
IN THE COURT OF APPEAL AT NAIROBI ( Coram: Kneller, Hancox JJA & Chesoni Ag JA ) CIVIL APPEAL NO. 91 OF 1983 BETWEEN NGOME............................................................................APPELLANT AND PLANTEX COMPANY LTD.......................................RESPONDENT (Appeal from the High Court of Nairobi, Gachuhi J)
Division and case type: Anti-CorruptionCivil Appeal
IN THE COURT OF APPEAL AT NAIROBI ( Coram: Kneller JA, Chesoni & Nyarangi Ag JJA ) CIVIL APPEAL NO. 50 OF 1983 BETWEEN NDOO T/A NGOMENI BUS SERVICE........................................APPELLANT AND KAKUZI LTD..............................................................................RESPONDENT (Appeal from the High Court at Nairobi, Hancox J)
Division and case type: CivilCivil Appeal
IN THE COURT OF APPEAL AT NAIROBI ( Coram:Hancox JA, Chesoni & Nyarangi Ag JJA ) CIVIL APPEAL NO. 1 OF 1982 BETWEEN MORJARIA.................................................................................APPELLANT AND ABDALLA...............................................................................RESPONDENT (In an appeal from the High Court at Nakuru, Mead J)
Division and case type: CivilCivil Appeal
What, today, is the correct approach of a court to an application for summary judgment under order XXXV rule 1 where there is a claim on a note and the defence is a set-off or counterclaim? Should the payment due on it be held up until the trial of the set-off or counterclaim has been heard?
Division and case type: CivilCivil Appeal
ORDER Mr Khanna, for the appellants, by a motion on notice of February 2, 1984, expressed to be brought under rules 42 and 96 of the Court of Appeal Rules, asks this court to substitute as a party to the appeal in place of the late second appellant, Ajit Gurbaksh Singh, either Harbans Kaur, the widow, or one or both of the named executors of the deceased’s will who are Amrik Singh Gurbaksh Singh and Joginder Singh Gurbaksh Singh, the third and fifth appellants, and the hearing of the appeal
Division and case type: CivilCivil Appeal
IN THE COURT OF APPEAL AT MALINDI CIVIL APPEAL 12 OF 83 MUTUKU AND ASSOCIATES…………..………………………….APPELLANT AND FELIX R M KITONGA & BROS LTD…………………………………RESPONDENT (From the ruling of the High Court of Kenya at Mombasa (Schofield, J) dated 16th December, 1982) Civil Suit No 65 & 513 of 1978 (Consolidated) _______________ RULING OF THE COURT HANCOX, J A It has been held, repeatedly, by this court that failure to include the formally drawn up decree or order embodying the decision of the court
Division and case type: CivilCivil Appeal
There is an air of ellipsis about Mr Chakava’s argument. It springs no doubt from the terms of the order drawn up as a result of the High Court’s judgment.
Division and case type: CivilCivil Appeal
IN THE COURT OF APPEAL AT NAIROBI (Coram: Madan, Kneller JJA & Chesoni Ag JA ) CIVIL APPEAL NO. 43 OF 1983 THE EAST AFRICAN POWER AND LIGHTING COMPANY LIMITED …..….....…................…..
Division and case type: CivilCivil Appeal
without leave, it would have been incompetent in any event. The real issue before us is whether the order should have included a statement that leave to appeal had been given.
Division and case type: CivilCivil Appeal
IN THE COURT OF APPEAL AT NAIROBI (Coram: Hancox JA, Chesoni & Platt Ag JJA) CIVIL APPEAL NO 34 OF 1982 KEMFRO AFRICA LIMITED T/A “MERU EXPRESS SERVICES (1976)” & ANOTHER …………….…..…………….APPLICANT VERSUS OLIVE LUBIA & ANOTHER ………….....…..RESPONDENT RULING When this appeal was called on for hearing, Mr Kwach, appearing on behalf of the two respondents, took the preliminary objection that the mandatory provisions of Rule 85 (1) (f) of rules of this court had not been complied with, in that none o
Division and case type: CivilCivil Appeal
IN THE COURT OF APPEAL AT NAKURU (CORAM: MADAN, KNELLER JJA & CHESONI AG JA) CIVIL APPEAL NO. 5 OF 1983 BHANDARI CONSTRUCTION COMPANY …………………… APPELLANT VERSUS STANDARD JOINERY & BUILDING COMPANY…….…….… RESPONDENT
Division and case type: CivilCivil Appeal
Lucie-Smith Ag CJ held that the former Supreme Court had inherent power ex debito justitiae to order stay of execution pending an appeal in Olivia Da Ritta Sequeira E Facho & Another v ER Sequeira, BA Roderigues and RA Ribeiro (1933) 15 KLR 34 (k) and Newbold P Sir Clement de Lestang Ag VP and Spry JA of the Court of Appeal for Eastern Africa in Ujagar Singh v Runda Coffee Estates Ltd [1966] EA 263 (CA-K). There was no appeal pending here but it may be that there could be other circumstances cal
Division and case type: CivilCivil Appeal
REPUBLIC OF KENYA COURT OF APPEAL AT NAIROBI civ app 13 of 80 M’Ikiara M’Mukanya and another v Gilbert Kabere M’Mbijiwe (Potter & Kneller JJA & Chesoni Ag JA) Civil Appeal No 13 of 1980 Cases 1. Thompson v Ward [1955] 2 QB 155 2.